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00:14Good morning, I'm Maeve MacMahon and this is Europe Today, your morning dose of European
00:21news and analysis live here on Euronews. Coming up, EU Defence Ministers flock to Ireland
00:28today for high-stake talks on the security of the continent. The EU is on high alert after the CIA
00:35chief made a surprise trip to Moscow recently to warn Russia not to attack the Baltics. We'll be
00:42crossing live to Dublin to speak to our correspondent Shona Murray. This as President Donald Trump,
00:48whose approval rating has slumped to its lowest level yet, has threatened to hit Iran hard after
00:55the two sides exchange fire for the first time in weeks. Iran says it's not seeking war, but it will
01:02not remain passive in the face of this aggression. Meanwhile, the French President Emmanuel Macron has
01:08racked up a trip to Sweden, where he sealed a 4.3 billion euro deal for the country to buy
01:15four
01:15French frigates. But back home in France, as politicians get back to work, the presidential
01:21election campaign is already in full swing. We'll be crossing live to Paris to our correspondent.
01:28And Hungary says it's met the conditions to unlock billions in EU funding. On hold for years due to
01:35democratic backsliding by the previous administration, around 10 billion euros could now soon be released.
01:42The EU Council President António Costa will travel to Budapest tomorrow.
01:46But first, to Ireland, where EU defence ministers are meeting today amid an escalation of hybrid war
01:53attacks across the continent. Ministers are due to discuss increased threat levels on the continent
01:58linked to Russia's war in Ukraine. And their talks come just as a massive Russian missile and drone
02:03attack struck Kiev last night, killing four and wounding dozens. Our correspondent Shona Murray is in
02:09Dublin and joins me now. Shona, good morning. Look, the last few weeks have seen an upsurge in these attacks.
02:15Just tell us more. That's right, Maeve. That's certainly the backdrop of this meeting here in
02:21Ireland this week. We saw a few weeks ago a US intelligence assessment saying that the Kremlin may
02:29plan to attack NATO territory in a limited way in order to test NATO resolve. Then, as you mentioned
02:35there, we had John Radcliffe, the head of the CIA, visiting Moscow last week, which is emerging as he told
02:41the Kremlin and Putin not to attack NATO territory. Donald Trump in the last few hours has tried to
02:46play this down, saying this is a routine visit. It is not a routine visit to the head of the
02:50CIA to
02:51visit the Kremlin. The last time that actually happened was under Biden, when they tried to
02:55persuade Putin not to attack Ukraine in the full-scale invasion. Then, in addition to that,
03:00of course, Maeve, we've seen a major surge, a significant surge in hybrid activity, non-kinetic
03:05normally all across Europe over the past year, and in particular the last few months, mainly drone
03:10incursions into places like Romania and other parts of the Baltics. But just a few weeks ago,
03:15the start of August, German authorities intercepted an explosive-laden drone in Leipzig
03:20Airport. Now, this was military-grade explosives. There was three drones in total. The German
03:26Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the last few days has said that he will formally attribute this to the
03:30Kremlin. That's the first time that's ever happened, because these attacks normally tend to be
03:35sort of below the radar and grey area, sort of a grey zone, so it's hard to apply attribution. But
03:40we're expecting over the next few days for Friedrich Merz to do that. That will be a real topic of
03:45conversation here in Ireland today and over the next few days. So, I caught up with the Swedish
03:49Foreign Affairs Minister, Maria Malmer-Stanegard, and asked her about this.
03:53I really don't like the term hybrid threat because it sounds like an environmentally friendly car
04:01when it's something completely different. This is extremely serious. We are in the most
04:06serious security situation since the Second World War. We take the drone incidents in Leipzig
04:13extremely serious, and we are in close contact with our German friends.
04:18So, what are the implications of attributing this to Russia? Because we know these type
04:23of attacks, they're sort of the grey area. It's very hard to be 100% concrete about attribution,
04:29which is why the likes of Russia and China kind of get away with this.
04:33Well, we're not there yet. Like I said, we are in close contact with our German colleagues,
04:38and we take these incidents extremely serious. But we will have to see what comes out,
04:46and I cannot disclose any information that has been handed to us.
04:50Okay. Just want to ask you about the unfreezing of Russian frozen state assets and using them
04:58to pay for Ukraine, Ukraine's defence reconstruction. That's back on the table now. Is that
05:03something that we'll be hearing about over the next few days? And do you hope that the Belgians
05:08might change their mind on this?
05:09Yes. So, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have taken the initiative to take this back
05:16to the table, because what we see is that Ukraine needs more support. And to be honest,
05:22we are not providing enough support bilaterally and through the EU. And then what is left is the
05:28frozen assets. And I take Belgium's concerns very seriously. But I think it is also basically what
05:38my colleague, Prevost, said that we have to make sure that we share the risks and that
05:45Belgium is not left alone with the risks.
05:48But Belgium is looking for full guarantees for any unintended consequences if things go wrong
05:55with this risk. Do you think the EU is willing to do that? Or are we in the same position
05:59we were
06:00in before Christmas?
06:01In my opinion, we cannot stay in the same position as we were before Christmas. We have to move on,
06:06because this is what is fair to Ukraine. It's what is fair to the taxpayers.
06:15So, Maeve, the issue of frozen Russian state assets back on the table this week, from what I've heard
06:21from the Belgian authorities, they haven't moved in their position. And of course, as you heard there,
06:25an increasingly more hostile security situation all across Europe. So it's one way to get back
06:32into September. Maeve?
06:34Okay, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there from just outside Dublin Castle
06:38in Ireland. But now moving on, it's back to school today for students in France. But for politicians,
06:45the summer break ended much earlier. With presidential elections scheduled for next April,
06:49the political campaign is already gathering pace. For the mood in the capital, we can cross now to
06:54Paris, where correspondent Estelle Nielsen-Julien is standing by for us this morning.
06:59Good morning, Estelle. Just give us an idea of where things stand today and why this is set to be
07:04such
07:04a monumental year for France.
07:08Well, good morning, Maeve. As you say, it's set to be an absolutely monumental year for France.
07:13In less than eight months, voters across the country will decide who next, what next, after a decade of
07:19French President Emmanuel Macron being in power. It's too early to say confidently what the polls mean,
07:26but at present, they are saying that there is a front-runner, that is the national rally party's Marine Le
07:31Pen,
07:32followed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the far-left, a France unbowed party.
07:37Between them, there's somewhat of a political vacuum. The question is, how will this be filled?
07:43Will parties form alliances? How will they organise themselves? Will they strike deals or not?
07:50Last week, seven key candidates participated in a debate organised by the MEDEF, France's most powerful
07:57business lobby, and they were grilled on questions about the economy, public debt and pensions.
08:04Mélenchon and Le Pen were, of course, there, but also MEP, Raphael, Glucksmann, and two of
08:09Macron's former prime ministers, that's Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.
08:13But these may be some of the key contentors, but don't be mistaken, candidacies are still
08:20rolling in over the weekend. We heard former prime minister Dominique de Villepin say that
08:25he wanted to be a candidate, and former president François Hollande is still maintaining the mystery
08:31around whether he will run or not. But of course, candidacies will thin in time as primaries occur
08:39and unions take place across different blocs. Just to remind our viewers that to be an official
08:48candidate, a politician needs the backing of 500 elected officials in France.
08:55And just briefly, Estelle, this election is huge as well for Europe.
09:00Yes, Maeve, it's certainly a huge election for Europe. And the candidates have very divergent policies
09:07when it comes to Europe. Le Pen, who once advocated for Frexit this time around, is calling
09:13for a drop in France's contributions to the bloc. And she's also calling for many of the EU's norms
09:20to be scrapped. Mélenchon has said that he wants to get rid of EU laws that don't suit French citizens.
09:25And he also peddled a very controversial proposal to scrap a large chunk of France's public debt
09:33held by the Bank of France on behalf of the European Central Bank. But there are, of course,
09:38pro-European candidates such as Raphaël Glucksmann, who believes that it's at the European issue that
09:44issues, European level, sorry, that issues such as Chinese competition and regulating big tech
09:51companies should happen. But for a fully accurate picture, what we're waiting for is the party
09:58manifestos to be able to break down the finer details of candidates' policies.
10:03OK, Estelle Nilsson, Julianne, thank you so much for that primer on what's set to be a very
10:07interesting eight months. But now, moving on, the EU institutions are bruised after Iceland
10:13rejected to kickstart negotiations to join the Club of 27 in a tight referendum last weekend.
10:19It's a huge blow to Brussels' hopes that geopolitics and security fears could lure rich countries
10:24to the bloc. For reactions now, I'm joined by Teri Reinke, German MEP and co-president of the Greens.
10:30Good morning, Teri. Lovely to have you with us.
10:32Good morning.
10:33This is a big, it's a bad story for Europe. It's a huge blow. Is the EU just not attractive
10:38anymore?
10:40First of all, I'm, of course, unhappy about the outcome of the referendum. I would have wished for
10:46another result. I would have loved Iceland to become part of the European Union. However, I would not make
10:52this a big question about whether the European Union is an attractive bloc, because we can see
10:57that there are a lot of countries that want to join the European Union. When we look at the Western
11:01Balkans, when we look at Ukraine, Moldova or Georgia, for example, I think that the specific
11:08situation in Iceland, we have to look at, they're already member of the European Economic Area.
11:13So they're already applying, for example, single market legislation. I think the question of fisheries
11:18played a very important role in the discussion in Iceland before the referendum. And I think maybe
11:24the lesson learned that we should take, which I think was also what we learned from the Brexit
11:29referendum, is that European politicians should maybe have been more active in the debate and
11:35taken part in it and also advocating for joining the European Union to make it.
11:40Was that a mistake not to get more involved?
11:41I think looking back now, maybe we should have taken a bigger part in this discussion,
11:47because I think at the end of the day, we also have to go into other countries and advocate
11:53for what is good about being part of the European Union. Iceland is already having some of the
11:57positive outcomes. But from a geopolitical, from a security point of view, I think it would
12:02have been good to start further negotiations.
12:05And is the Commission President too weak? I mean, her response was so muted. In reaction to this
12:09referendum outcome, we got a three-line outcome, a three-line statement.
12:14For me, the lesson learned of this, again, is that we should take a more active role in debates
12:20like this. We should not just, you know, highlight them as domestic discussions. Whether Iceland is
12:26joining the European Union or not is something that has an impact on the full European Union.
12:30So I think for future moments like this, whether there will be a debate in Norway or wherever else,
12:35European politicians should take a role in the debate and also be bold enough to say,
12:40we have an opinion about this, and we are happy to discuss with you.
12:43And we just heard about the French elections. We have big elections as well with state elections
12:47in eastern Germany this week, where the AFT could win.
12:50Yes, we have a very critical election happening in Sachsen-Anhalt this Sunday. And it will be tight.
12:59And whether the Greens are going to join the parliament in the end, we are tied to the
13:03threshold, will probably define whether the AFT, so a fascist far-right party in Germany,
13:09can win an absolute majority in Sachsen-Anhalt. So we are putting everything into a strong campaign
13:14so that the democratic forces will prevail in this election.
13:17Okay, a story we'll be keeping a very close eye on here in your news.
13:20Teri Renke, thank you so much for joining us here on Europe Today.
13:23But now, moving on, in a sign that the passport-free area Schengen is under major stress,
13:29Italy and Spain have extended border controls for another 15 days due to the mass irregular
13:35migration crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta just one month ago.
13:40For the view from a Spanish socialist MEP, I'm now joined by Juan Fernando López Aguiar,
13:45who's been following the migration debate closely for more than a decade here as an MEP in the
13:49European Parliament. Juan Fernando López Aguiar, welcome to Europe Today. Good to have you with us.
13:52Thank you for having me.
13:53On the programme. You're a member, of course, of Pedro Sánchez's political family.
13:58Is he being too defensive on this story? What could he have done better?
14:03Well, certainly it's a critical situation. Not only migratory, it's humanitarian,
14:09and most importantly, national security. We are facing a hybrid situation, yes.
14:14But the government is responding, and certainly it's facing difficulties, which are only obvious.
14:21But they're responding too little, too late.
14:23No.
14:23That's what the locals in Ceuta said.
14:24No, no, I can't agree. I can't agree. Ceuta, to begin with, is the only, with Melilla,
14:29terrestrial border of the European Union with the African continent.
14:32The most unequal terrestrial border on Earth. Second, there's a particular situation in which
14:40we have seen the population, the size of a population of Ceuta over the external border,
14:50but swimming by the sea over the harbor, with the ground of a ruling of the Supreme Court,
14:58which says that those people entering by sea cannot be returned to the country of transit of origin.
15:05They have to be handled as migrants or asylum seekers. So it's a situation that we've got to face.
15:10And we've got to do it according to law.
15:12Who is to blame for the situation? Because we're seeing last night, Pedro Sánchez said it's disinformation
15:17fueled from Russia and Israel that's also created...
15:21It should be thorough investigated, that's for sure. And it's only obvious that it couldn't happen
15:26without some overlooking of Moroccan authorities. That is only obvious. And common sense says so.
15:33But the thing is that the government has to act based on facts and evidence. But most importantly,
15:40it has to combine rule of law, the implementation of the EU laws to begin with, and, of course,
15:48ensuring national security, because we're facing a national security crisis here.
15:53And that's why you've called on Frontex for help. That's also a bit of an admission of defeat.
15:57Absolutely. It's the response of European institutions offer of increasing their presence
16:06in that particular very special terrestrial external border of the EU with Africa, of Spain with Morocco.
16:15But having said this, I must doubt that it's also obvious that the response has to involve European authorities.
16:22There are a number of contradictions which are obvious to human eye. One contradiction is that Spain has to combine
16:33its response with Morocco with cooperation with Morocco. You need Morocco to handle the situation.
16:40And second, you also need the European Union to scale up, because if you want to reassess
16:45the bilateral relation of the EU with Morocco, it takes the whole of the European Union,
16:51because we have a strategic association with Morocco.
16:53Are you too reliant on Morocco, perhaps?
16:56Well, it's impossible to ignore a neighbour. And you have a neighbour in Morocco.
17:02Spain has, and the whole of the European Union has. That is why the European Union has linked itself
17:08with Morocco through an association which it calls strategic.
17:12But the thing is that if we are to keep up that strategic association with Morocco, we need
17:17to ask for Morocco to behave.
17:20But for our viewers watching that chaos unfold some month ago with almost 80,000 irregular
17:27migrants landing in Ceuta, where is the migration pact that we've been discussing and implementing?
17:33Precisely. It's miserable that after all the bother, all the energy, all the work that
17:39we put into the adoption of the migration as an impact based on two principles, shared
17:44responsibility and binding solidarity, we have seen that in this situation, solidarity has
17:51been missing. It's only regrettable. Because Spain has paid solidarity with the Baltics facing
17:57Russia, with Poland facing Russia and Kaliningrad, with Finland facing Russia, some of them also
18:04facing Belarus, Lukashenko. We have paid solidarity with Italy in Lampedusa. So it's absolutely
18:10intolerable that we have seen no solidarity from Italian government in a situation as such.
18:16Well, precisely on the contrary, the Italian government is using this for political gains.
18:19And as we see, Schengen is fizzling out, perhaps.
18:23The thing is that Schengen is bound by rules. Schengen is not a convention, as we call it.
18:28Schengen is EU law. There is a Schengen governance code, which says that Schengen, which is free
18:33movement, can only be suspended on the grounds of necessity, proportionality, communicated to
18:38the European Commission and under the oversight of the European Commission. So it's bound by law.
18:46And it's also certain that certain cannot be suspended by a member state to another member
18:52state.
18:53Okay, Juan Fernando, Lopez Aguirre, thank you so much for coming into this morning here
18:56on Europe Today. For more on that story, of course, you can take a look at euronews.com.
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